diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 97e65998522366..4c65c639f7721d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -1472,16 +1472,19 @@ i915_gem_object_move_to_active(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 	list_move_tail(&obj->ring_list, &ring->active_list);
 
 	obj->last_rendering_seqno = seqno;
-	if (obj->fenced_gpu_access) {
-		struct drm_i915_fence_reg *reg;
-
-		BUG_ON(obj->fence_reg == I915_FENCE_REG_NONE);
 
+	if (obj->fenced_gpu_access) {
 		obj->last_fenced_seqno = seqno;
 		obj->last_fenced_ring = ring;
 
-		reg = &dev_priv->fence_regs[obj->fence_reg];
-		list_move_tail(&reg->lru_list, &dev_priv->mm.fence_list);
+		/* Bump MRU to take account of the delayed flush */
+		if (obj->fence_reg != I915_FENCE_REG_NONE) {
+			struct drm_i915_fence_reg *reg;
+
+			reg = &dev_priv->fence_regs[obj->fence_reg];
+			list_move_tail(&reg->lru_list,
+				       &dev_priv->mm.fence_list);
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index 81687af00893ca..f51a696486cb19 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -498,8 +498,8 @@ pin_and_fence_object(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 				if (ret)
 					goto err_unpin;
 			}
+			obj->pending_fenced_gpu_access = true;
 		}
-		obj->pending_fenced_gpu_access = need_fence;
 	}
 
 	entry->offset = obj->gtt_offset;